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his edition of the Submarine Telecoms Cable Industry Report was meticulously crafted by the analysts at Submarine Telecoms Forum, Inc., who also provide in-depth analysis for SubTel Forum’s Submarine Cable Almanac, online and print Cable Maps, and Industry Newsfeed. For this report, we employed a multi-faceted approach that combines interviews with industry leaders and data from our proprietary Submarine Cable Database, which has been continuously updated since its inception in 2013. Video 3: Kieran Clark, Senior Analyst - Submarine Telecoms Forum The database now tracks over 500 dict future data points based current and planned domestic on historical trends. The ETS and international cable systems. The submarine telecoms algorithm accounts for seasonalQueries can be made by various ity, trends, and noise in the data, parameters including client, year, industry is the backbone of providing a more accurate and project, region, system length, our interconnected world, and reliable forecast. This allows us capacity, landing points, data centers, owners, installers, system ITU is proud to have supported to offer a well-grounded projection of future market conditions, cost, upgrade status, and more. it through our international enhancing the report’s value for The Submarine Cable Datastandards from its very strategic decision-making. base is maintained by a dedicated In terms of data gatherteam and powered by MySQL. beginnings. ing, SubTel Forum engages in Maps are produced with ArcGIS continuous efforts throughout Pro, in the same visual style as the year, sourcing information from public, commercial, the Submarine Cables of the World print map. All data visualizations such as charts are now created in Power BI and scientific sources. Data assimilation is conducted in parallel with these efforts to provide the most accurate which is connected in real-time to our Submarine Cable market projections. Database, ensuring that the most current data is always For capacity growth, we employ two different methreflected in our visual representations. ods for determining the Compound Annual Growth Line graph projections in the report are performed Rate (CAGR). The first calculates a CAGR for a specific using the Power BI forecast function. This function period, while the second uses a rolling two-year CAGR employs advanced statistical algorithms, specifically to minimize extreme variances and provide a useful the Exponential Smoothing (ETS) algorithm, to pre12
SUBMARINE TELECOMS INDUSTRY REPORT 2023 | 2024
